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A S C O T U N I T E D F C<br />
#WeAre<strong>Ascot</strong><br />
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rashid HAMID<br />
ASCOT UNITED vs. SOUTHALL<br />
Sat 4 Dec 2021<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division North<br />
Matchday<br />
Programme<br />
Season<br />
2021/22
twitter.com/<strong>Ascot</strong>UnitedFC<br />
www.ascotunited.net<br />
T H E Y E L L A M E N<br />
Yellow and Blue<br />
Sam Gray (GK)<br />
Alex Sykes (GK)<br />
Adam Everiss<br />
Alex Hall<br />
Calum Ferguson<br />
Chris Ellis<br />
Dan Bailey<br />
Dan Price<br />
Danny Walden<br />
David Amate<br />
Denis Nortey<br />
Duarte Surpanu<br />
George Lock<br />
Harry Laflin<br />
Ian Davies<br />
James Harper<br />
Jonny Denton<br />
Josh Masters<br />
Josh Nice<br />
Keaton August<br />
Louis Bouwers<br />
Oliver Graham<br />
Rashid Hamid<br />
Rory Merrick<br />
Sam Evans<br />
Sean McCormack<br />
Taylor Morgan<br />
Toby Thompson<br />
Tom Scott<br />
Will Frank<br />
T H E 'A L L<br />
Red and White<br />
Barkley Laurencin (GK)<br />
Koju Abayomi (GK)<br />
Lewis Todd (GK)<br />
Rourke Pickford (GK)<br />
Alex Nolan<br />
Alcino Souza Santos<br />
Jack Roper<br />
Carl Pearce<br />
Louis Dailey<br />
Ryan Hope<br />
Darreon Mark<br />
Lenny Farhall<br />
Luke Heneghan<br />
James McCluskey<br />
Harvie Gardiner<br />
Bobby Julienne<br />
Nathan Dennis<br />
Adam Louth<br />
Daniel Clifton<br />
Louis Stead<br />
Joe Wylie<br />
Anthony O’Connor<br />
Joe Clifton<br />
Frankie Taylor<br />
Romey Eccles-Meoded<br />
Lewis Putman<br />
Jamie Tompkins Manager Max Howell<br />
Dan Masters Asst. Manager Warren Goodhind<br />
Jamie Ashdown GK Coach Frankie Atwell<br />
Bjorn Dunkley Coach Don Bennett<br />
Steve Quelch Coach Adam Louth<br />
Chad Smith Therapist Bren Briggs<br />
Garry<br />
Collins<br />
Match Officials<br />
TBC<br />
Nicholas<br />
Payne<br />
Last Match:<br />
CB Hounslow<br />
A<br />
Sat 27 Nov<br />
3-0<br />
COCO<br />
Next Match: Virginia Water A Sat 11 Dec<br />
COCO
ASCOT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
Racecourse Ground, Winkfield Road, <strong>Ascot</strong>, SL5 7LJ<br />
Chairman: Simon Negus<br />
Club Secretary: Dan Birchmore<br />
Director of Football: Neil Richards<br />
1st Team Manager: Jamie Tompkins<br />
Assistant manager: Dan Masters<br />
Coaches: Bjorn Dunkley, Steve Quelch<br />
Goalkeeping Coach: Jamie Ashdown<br />
Allied U18 Manager: Josh Nice<br />
Therapist: Chad Smith<br />
Sports Psychology: Izzy Woods<br />
Racecourse Facilities Manager: Jo Gavin<br />
Administration Manager: Emma Paton<br />
Clubhouse Catering: Lisa Richards<br />
Reporting, Comms and Programme: Neal Jeffs<br />
Directors:<br />
Doug Page<br />
Mark Cooper<br />
Rob Jones<br />
Zoe Reilly<br />
Phil Wray<br />
Graham Jones<br />
IN THE CHAIR<br />
with Simon Negus<br />
A warm welcome to <strong>Southall</strong> for today's<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties<br />
League Premier Division North fixture.<br />
Hello everyone and welcome to today’s combined<br />
counties fixture against <strong>Southall</strong>.<br />
We coming to this game on the back of two straight<br />
league wins and hope to see this run continue<br />
although high-flying <strong>Southall</strong> are bound to be difficult<br />
opponents today.<br />
Like everyone else I have been following the<br />
developments on the Covid front carefully in the past<br />
week or so. Fortunately they tightening restrictions do<br />
not seem to be impacting on grassroots football at the<br />
moment but it is a good reminder to all of us to<br />
continue taking sensible precautions where we can –<br />
nobody wants anymore fixtures being cancelled!<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United Football Club Limited. Registered in<br />
England and Wales. Registration No. 6883550<br />
Registered Office: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth<br />
Street, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DP.<br />
Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks F.A. No. Q-B&B0165<br />
We have a really busy few weeks planned at <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
United - as well as lots of private parties we will be<br />
organising Christmas get-togethers for all of our<br />
junior members in their age groups. This gives all of<br />
the parents coaches and players a chance to come<br />
together before Christmas and to celebrate the first<br />
half of the season. With 80 junior teams at the club<br />
you can imagine that this requires a great deal of<br />
organising and I would like to publicly thank Sam, Lisa<br />
and Joe in particular for all of their hard work behindthe-scenes.<br />
We also have a fantastic Berks and Bucks cup fixture<br />
to look out to look forward to against Maidenhead.<br />
This was originally due to be played this week but due<br />
to issues in the Maidenhead camp it has now been<br />
rearranged for the 21st of December which will be be<br />
our final game before Christmas. Please put this in<br />
your diaries as it is expected to be a fantastic game<br />
and we look forward to welcoming a big crowd to The<br />
Racecourse.<br />
I hope you all enjoy the game today. Simon
FROM THE DUGOUT<br />
Welcome to the players, officials<br />
and supporters of <strong>Southall</strong>. Enjoy<br />
the game!<br />
Jamie Tompkins<br />
First Team Manager<br />
Hello and welcome to <strong>Southall</strong> FC players, staff and club committee and to all<br />
supporters in attendance for this afternoons Combined Counties Premier North<br />
fixture.<br />
We are looking forward to a very competitive match against our opposition today<br />
who are in fine form and one of the favourites to win promotion. Their recent form<br />
has been brilliant with many clean sheets to boast too.<br />
The quality and effort today must be matched and we cannot forget the result on<br />
the opening day of the season which will provide us with much needed<br />
motivation.<br />
Last weekend, we comfortably run out 3-0 winners against CB Hounslow and a<br />
goal from Keaton August, who has been in great form and deserved his goal for<br />
his efforts and commitment recently.<br />
Thank you to our sponsors, club officials and volunteers for all the fantastic work<br />
and ongoing support towards our football club.<br />
Enjoy the game! Jamie<br />
ASCOT UNITED FC MANAGEMENT TEAM: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:<br />
Dan Masters<br />
Assistant Manager<br />
Jamie Ashdown<br />
Goalkeeping Coach<br />
Bjorn Dunkley<br />
Coach<br />
Steve Quelch<br />
Coach<br />
Chad Smith<br />
Therapist
W E L C O M E T O T H E 'A L L<br />
W E L C O M E T O T H E 'A L L<br />
ON COURSE!<br />
With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs<br />
Welcome to the players, officials and<br />
supporters of <strong>Southall</strong> for this Cherry Red<br />
Records Combined Counties League<br />
Premier Division North match.<br />
Happy<br />
reading, and<br />
enjoy the<br />
game! Neal<br />
A warm welcome to our friends from <strong>Southall</strong> today for what is likely to be a tough<br />
game for The Yellamen. <strong>Southall</strong> brought us down to earth in our 2nd game of the<br />
season with a crushing 5-0 win so hopefully we can build on our win last week and<br />
gain some revenge! <strong>Southall</strong> come into the game on an eight-match winning run<br />
since a Middlesex County Cup defeat against Hayes and Yeading in mid-October, and<br />
with them also still being in the FA Vase, their 150th anniversary season could just yet<br />
be one of their best! Their decorated history goes back to 1871 and is spread across 3<br />
pages of this programme – they were one of the powerhouses of non-league football<br />
and once played in front of over 19,000 fans in the FA Cup 3rd round! Back to <strong>Ascot</strong>,<br />
and we’ve got a few players approaching milestones. Jonny Denton has now made 197<br />
appearances for the club, George Lock is on 147, and Dan Bailey is just 2 away form a<br />
half-century. Meanwhile, Laffers’ recent scoring form has taken him back onto a goala-game<br />
for the season having now netted 22 goals in 22 games.<br />
Proper Football Ground!<br />
<strong>Southall</strong>'s old Western Road Ground,<br />
their home until 1992. This is<br />
<strong>Southall</strong>'s 150th anniversary season<br />
but have spent the last 30 years of it<br />
ground-sharing.<br />
Looking back on last week, Dave Thompson has rounded up the Allied U18’s<br />
recent match in this edition as they leapt to 2nd in the table with games in hand<br />
on leaders Westfield, and looking ahead we now have a new date for<br />
Maidenhead’s visit in the County Cup which should be a great occasion here<br />
under the lights for another local derby (21st December). This is also FA Cup<br />
weekend so it will be interesting to see how some of the non-league sides get on.<br />
Tow of them will definitely be in the third round (Borehamwood v St Albans,<br />
Kidderminster v Halifax) but I am also watching sixth-tier Buxton (v Morecambe)<br />
to see if they can keep their heroic run going. There really must be something in<br />
the water up there! Finally let’s get behind the lads today and next weekend at<br />
Virginia Water; for one thing it surely can’t be as cold as it was at CB Hounslow<br />
last week!!! Neal
RESULTS AND FIXTURES 21/22<br />
Date Opposition<br />
H/A Comp Result Att<br />
06-Aug Holyport<br />
H FAC XP 3-0 450<br />
14-Aug <strong>Southall</strong><br />
A COCO 0-5 50<br />
17-Aug Tadley Calleva<br />
A COCO 5-1 n/k<br />
21-Aug Risborough Rangers A FAC P 1-1 175<br />
24-Aug Risborough Rangers H FAC P R 3-2 277<br />
28-Aug Reading City<br />
H COCO 2-2<br />
31-Aug Wokingham/Emmbrook A COCO 2-1<br />
04-Sep Hythe Town<br />
A FAC 1Q 0-1 278<br />
11-Sep Hengrove Athletic<br />
A FAV 1Q 2-0<br />
18-Sep Wembley<br />
H COCO 1-1*<br />
21-Sep Windsor<br />
H BBT 1Q 3-1 120<br />
25-Sep Tadley Calleva<br />
A FAV 2Q 4-1<br />
28-Sep Burnham<br />
H COCO 5-0<br />
02-Oct Edgware Town<br />
A COCO 4-2<br />
09-Oct North Greenford United H COCO 3-2 101<br />
16-Oct Windsor<br />
A COCO 1-3<br />
23-Oct Wallingford Town<br />
A FAV 1 2-2 (5p6)<br />
30-Oct Egham Town<br />
A COCO 1-1<br />
06-Nov Spelthorne Sports<br />
H COCO 0-2<br />
13-Nov Hanworth Villa<br />
A COCO 0-3<br />
16-Nov Newport Pagnell Town H BBT 2Q 8-2<br />
20-Nov St Panteleimon<br />
H COCO 3-1<br />
23-Nov AFC Croydon Athletic A LC 3-5<br />
27-Nov CB Hounslow<br />
A COCO 3-0<br />
04-Dec <strong>Southall</strong><br />
H COCO<br />
11-Dec Virginia Water<br />
A COCO<br />
18-Dec Reading City<br />
A COCO<br />
21-Dec Maidenhead United H BBT 1<br />
27-Dec Wokingham/Emmbrook H COCO<br />
08-Jan Windsor<br />
H COCO<br />
15-Jan Wembley<br />
A COCO<br />
22-Jan Edgware Town<br />
H COCO<br />
29-Jan Spelthorne Sports<br />
A COCO<br />
05-Feb St Panteleimon<br />
A COCO<br />
12-Feb Holyport<br />
H COCO<br />
19-Feb Abbey Rangers<br />
A COCO<br />
26-Feb Burnham<br />
A COCO<br />
05-Mar Virginia Water<br />
H COCO<br />
12-Mar Holyport<br />
A COCO (TBC)<br />
19-Mar CB Hounslow<br />
H COCO<br />
26-Mar Tadley Calleva<br />
H COCO<br />
02-Apr North Greenford United A COCO<br />
05-Apr Hanworth Villa<br />
H COCO<br />
18-Apr Abbey Rangers<br />
H COCO<br />
23-Apr Egham Town<br />
H COCO<br />
Scorers<br />
Laflin, Lock, Surpanu<br />
Laflin 2, Lock, Morgan, Denton<br />
Laflin<br />
Scott, Lock, Evans<br />
Laflin 2<br />
Laflin 2<br />
August, Laflin<br />
Laflin<br />
Morgan 2, Laflin<br />
August, Bailey, McCormack, Nortey<br />
McCormack 2, Laflin, Denton, Lock<br />
Laflin, August, Bailey, Morgan<br />
Laflin 2, McCormack<br />
Everiss<br />
Nortey, Laflin<br />
Nortey<br />
McCormack 2, Laflin 2, Denton, Morgan, Hamid, Davies<br />
Laflin 2, Morgan<br />
August 2, Bailey<br />
Lafin 2, August<br />
*Abandoned due to serious injury with 12 minutes remaining. Result stands.<br />
COCO - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division North, FAV - Buildbase FA Vase, FAC - The<br />
Emirates FA Cup, BBT - Berks&Bucks Trophy, LC - Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup
ASCOT UNITED ALLIED U18<br />
Under the stewardship of Josh Nice and his management team, the <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
United Allied U18s have kicked off the 12th season of Allied Counties<br />
football at The Racecourse. Josh, the manager, has himself represented The<br />
Yellamen at Allied Counties, U23 and First Team levels.<br />
David Thompson rounds up the action from the last 2 U18 matches<br />
Click here for league table<br />
Two games and<br />
a brace by Hall<br />
in both!<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United 2<br />
Wokingham<br />
and<br />
Emmbrook<br />
Tuesday 23rd November - <strong>Ascot</strong> United 2-1 Wokingham - U18 Allied Counties<br />
South After the battling draw away to Westfield, <strong>Ascot</strong> were at home on the Racecourse to<br />
second placed Wokingham who had beaten the young yellamen 5-0 only a few weeks<br />
earlier.<br />
Immediately the young yellamen showed they were not prepared to accept the<br />
previous result and a strong, battling and resilient performance ensued.<br />
The yellamen went ahead on 14 mins when Alex Hall was sent clear and coolly beat<br />
the keeper. <strong>Ascot</strong> continued to press and squandered a number of good chances to<br />
extend their lead but arrived at half time one to the good and disappointed that they<br />
were not further ahead. With manager Nice ensuring the pace and passion stayed<br />
strong <strong>Ascot</strong> continued where they left off and it wasn’t long before Hall completed<br />
his brace for the night with another well taken finish.<br />
As the second half progressed it seemed only a matter of time before <strong>Ascot</strong> scored<br />
again but they failed to take a number of opportunities to do so. With 15 mins to go<br />
Wokingham got themselves back in the game when their CF took the ball in to the<br />
area and on beating 3 weak tackles slid the ball in to make it 2-1. A nervy last few<br />
minutes ensued after it appeared <strong>Ascot</strong> had been cruising to a comfortable win but a<br />
battling defensive display ensured the game stayed at 2-1 and the young Yellamen<br />
avenged their league defeat earlier in the season.<br />
1<br />
Allied Counties YL South
ASCOT UNITED ALLIED U18 (CONTINUED)<br />
Allied Counties YL South<br />
Monday 29th November - Abbey Rangers 1-5 <strong>Ascot</strong> United - U18 Allied Counties<br />
After South. the great win of the previous week against Wokingham, the <strong>Ascot</strong> u18 Allied lads arrived at Abbey<br />
Rangers full of confidence.<br />
The cold winter chill was in full force as the game kicked off and it was Abbey who started off brighter albeit<br />
In a scrappy first 25 mins. With <strong>Ascot</strong> struggling to dominate as they had previously against Wokingham the<br />
week before and finding it difficult to create anything, Abbey Rangers took a deserved lead. From a corner<br />
the ball was initially cleared but when <strong>Ascot</strong> failed to close down, a strike from the edge of the box from<br />
Abbey Rangers flew in to the net giving Docherty in goal no chance. With <strong>Ascot</strong> subsequently under<br />
pressure and struggling to respond, a ball was lifted hopefully forward over the top of the Abbey defence<br />
and Striker Hall ran on to it and from 18 yards hit a fantastic volley over the keeper and in off the near post to<br />
get ascot back on level terms. The goal seemed to rejuvenate the <strong>Ascot</strong> boys and a few minutes later a<br />
great run and cross from Ollie Mann was met in the box by Hall who clipped it in to the net for his and <strong>Ascot</strong>’s<br />
second of the night!<br />
At half time with the scores 2-1 to <strong>Ascot</strong> the travelling Yella faithful seemed relieved to be ahead at the<br />
break.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> started quickly in the second half and another run by Mann immediately from the restart almost<br />
enabled <strong>Ascot</strong> to get their third seconds after the restart! Even with some strange decisions from the<br />
referees assistant <strong>Ascot</strong> continued to look in control with Sam Evans running the midfield!<br />
With Abbey keeping 3 up front, <strong>Ascot</strong> had a succession of corners and from one of these Walden, up from<br />
the back, about 10 yards out, cleverly and powerfully hooked a ball over his head and past the despairing<br />
keeper. From this point <strong>Ascot</strong> then dominated and Abbey began to get frustrated picking up a couple of<br />
bookings.<br />
On 67 mins a good move by ascot started by debutant Hugo South who had only come on 6 minutes earlier,<br />
freed Jack McCart marauding down the left from his full back position, beating 2 men and from a tight angle<br />
he rifled the ball with a left footed rasper into the far top corner to make it 4-1.<br />
A fifth goal came soon after when Walden hit his second from another corner, rising high above the defence<br />
planting a powerful header past the flat footed keeper.<br />
A number of substitutions from both sides, including 2 more debuts from current under 16 players, and a<br />
few feisty tackles from the hosts in the last 15 mins finished the game - a resounding 5-1 win for the young<br />
Yellamen!<br />
Up to second with 3 successive home games to come and 4 games in hand of the leaders means The Young<br />
Yellamen are well in contention to challenge for honours!<br />
Next game - Home v Virginia Water<br />
7.45 pm at the Racecourse Ground - Tuesday 7th December.<br />
Abbey<br />
Rangers<br />
1<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong><br />
United<br />
5
SPONSORSHIP<br />
Sponsor a Yellaman! Contact Neil Richards at neil.richards@ascotunited.co.uk.
TODAY'S FIXTURES AND RECENT RESULTS<br />
Recent results:<br />
Weekend fixtures:<br />
Looking ahead:
LEAGUE TABLES<br />
Premier North:<br />
Premier South:
APPEARANCES AND GOALS<br />
Below are the updated <strong>Ascot</strong> United appearance and scorers' records for<br />
this season's squad.<br />
2021-22 All-time<br />
App Goals App Goals<br />
D Amate 7 0 7<br />
R Andrady 2 0 20<br />
K August 21 6 21 6<br />
D Bailey 19 3 48 7<br />
L Bouwers 9 0 155 11<br />
I Davies 10 1 69 36<br />
J Denton 21 3 197 22<br />
C Ellis 13 0 70 1<br />
S Evans 8 1 25 1<br />
A Everiss 10 1 10 1<br />
L Farhall 1 0 1<br />
C Ferguson 11 0 31 1<br />
W Frank 2 0 2<br />
B Gill 1 0 1<br />
O Graham 6 0 6<br />
S Gray 23 0 109<br />
A Hall 1 0 1<br />
R Hamid 11 1 11 1<br />
J Harper 9 0 9<br />
H Laflin 22 22 131 74<br />
G Lock 23 4 147 9<br />
J Masters 11 0 19<br />
S McCormack 23 6 23 6<br />
R Merrick 2 0 22<br />
T Morgan 16 6 32 9<br />
J Nice 3 0 5 1<br />
D Nortey 13 3 13 3<br />
D Price 2 0 46 10<br />
T Scott 10 1 10 1<br />
D Surpanu 21 1 28 3<br />
A Sykes 1 0 2<br />
J Tarrant 1 0 1<br />
T Thompson 1 0 1<br />
D Walden 3 0 3<br />
337 59 1276 203<br />
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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP<br />
HARRY AT THE DOUBLE AS ASCOT EASE PAST HOUNSLOW<br />
Laflin brace sets Yellamen on way to 3-0 win<br />
Saturday 27th November 2021 - Cherry Red Records Premier Division North -<br />
CB Hounslow 0 - 3 <strong>Ascot</strong> United<br />
Harry Laflin scored two and Keaton August bagged another as <strong>Ascot</strong> United beat CB Hounslow 3-0<br />
on Saturday. In Baltic conditions, the Yellamen were worthy winners, bouncing back from their<br />
midweek league cup exit in style.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> were well on top in the first half and it took them just seven minutes to take the lead<br />
following a fine team goal. George Lock and August linked up on the left, Sean McCormack played<br />
the ball back to man-of-the-match James Harper, and Harper’s delicious, hanging cross was met<br />
with an equally delicious cushioned header by Harry Laflin, which looped over home ‘keeper Zack<br />
Basey.<br />
At the other end, Rolly Illunga couldn’t make the most of a half-chance after Thomas Kanek and<br />
Ademola Larukma had combined in the build-up, but after that it was a comfortable ride for <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
despite being forced into an early chance when Louis Bouwers limped off shortly after that goal.<br />
Laflin planted a header wide from McCormack’s cross – arguably an easier chance than his first –<br />
but made amends just before the half-hour mark with an overhead kick after Dan Bailey had<br />
headed Tom Scott’s free kick back across goal.<br />
The second half was more uncomfortable for the Yellamen who were scrappy for long spells,<br />
although credit to the hosts who rallied and indeed struck the angle of post and bar just after the<br />
hour mark.<br />
But <strong>Ascot</strong> should have scored and hit the woodwork themselves when, after great work from<br />
Taylor Morgan in the middle, August’s cross put the ball on a plate for McCormack who somehow<br />
managed to thump the crossbar from close range, before Laflin’s thunderous follow-up was<br />
heroically charged down by defender Andy Morris.<br />
The hosts’ next and final real chance of setting up a grandstand finish ended when substitute<br />
Amari Morgan slashed wide after a promising run by Baruwa – although Sam Gray was on hand to<br />
make an awkward save form Jordan Ireland later on – but it was <strong>Ascot</strong> who wrapped it up four<br />
minutes from time when August tucked the ball home first-time from McCormack’s right-wing<br />
cross.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United: Gray, Lock, Everiss (Merrick), Harper, Bouwers (Amate), Bailey, McCormack, Scott<br />
(Hamid), Morgan (Merrick), Laflin, August (Nortey)
PHOTOZONE<br />
A selection of photos from the win over St. Panteleimon 2 weeks ago (shootingstars.co.uk).<br />
Clockwise from Top Left: Harry Laflin<br />
stoops to power home a header,<br />
Laflin converts a penalty, Duarte<br />
Surpanu rounds the 'keeper and<br />
'scores' but is offside, Keaton August<br />
in possession, Taylor Morgan shields<br />
the ball
ASCOT UNITED LADIES<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United Ladies play in the Southern Region Women's’ Football League – the highest level at<br />
which they have competed. The Ladies’ section starts down at the junior level with a host of teams –<br />
beginning with mixed teams at U7 - rising through girls’ sides from U10 up to a senior Development<br />
(reserve) side playing in the Thames Valley League. The junior sides operate on Saturdays or<br />
Sundays, with the Seniors (First and Development) playing on Sunday afternoon. The first team are<br />
managed by Darrel Evans and coached by Alix Todd. The reserve team is managed by Jon Swallow.<br />
Find out more on our website. Sponsorship packages now available - ask a member of the committee!<br />
SUNDAY DECEMBER 5th: <strong>Ascot</strong> United v<br />
Eastleigh in the Community (League,<br />
Racecourse, 2pm), Chinnor v <strong>Ascot</strong> United<br />
Reserves (League Cup, Chinnor, 2pm)<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United Ladies lost 2-0 at Abingdon Town – a result which leaves<br />
them in 5th place in the Southern Region Women’s Football League. The<br />
Abbots led 1-0 at the break, before first-half substitute Chloe Ball<br />
wrapped the game up in the 70th minute to leave Darrel Evans’ side<br />
winless in three.<br />
Meanwhile, it’s getting crazy, but the <strong>Ascot</strong> United Ladies Reserves<br />
extended their winning sequence to 22 games. Captain Courtney<br />
Gibbons was on target as they won 1-0 at fellow title contenders Ruislip<br />
Rangers. The Reserves last tasted defeat in a 3-1 defeat at Abbey<br />
Rangers Reserves on 13th December 2020…and edged closer to a full<br />
year unbeaten.<br />
Abingdon<br />
Town<br />
2<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United<br />
SRWFL Premier<br />
Ruislip<br />
Rangers<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United<br />
Reserves<br />
TVL 3E<br />
0<br />
Results - last matches<br />
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St Kitts Veterinary Group proudly sponsor <strong>Ascot</strong> United Ladies<br />
striker Sarah Leonard. The Group have practices in<br />
Basingstoke, Yateley, Church Crookham and Hartley Wintney.<br />
Visit stkittsvet.co.uk
Ian is a Biomechanics coach, supporting players returning from injury and<br />
improving strength and conditioning.
PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED<br />
Sam Gray – goalkeeper<br />
Solid goalkeeper, confident with the ball at<br />
his feet. Established first teamer since 18/19<br />
and was players’ player of the year in 19/20<br />
when he appeared in every league game.<br />
Sponsor:<br />
Josh Masters - defence<br />
Established left-back having broken into the<br />
team in 20/21 following a move from local<br />
rivals Holyport. Sponsor:<br />
Alex Sykes – goalkeeper<br />
Goalkeeping coach and reliable backup. Has<br />
International experience having played for<br />
the England Futsal team. Sponsor:<br />
Dan Bailey – defence<br />
Experienced centre back who skippered<br />
Flackwell Heath in 19/20. Previously played<br />
at a higher level with Marlow and has a level<br />
2 coaching qualification. Sponsor:<br />
Louis Bouwers – defence<br />
A physical and dominant centre half who<br />
signed from Faringdon Town in 16/17 and now<br />
well-established as club captain. Made 146<br />
appearances heading into 21/22 but must<br />
wait to add to that tally whilst he recovers<br />
from injury. Sponsor:<br />
Chris Ellis – defence<br />
Signed in 18/19, a strong and dominant<br />
defender. Vastly experienced having played<br />
for Camberley Town, Egham Town and<br />
Chipstead. Looking to re-establish himself in<br />
21/22 following a year out with serious<br />
injury. Sponsor: Novem nine<br />
George Lock – defence<br />
A fearless right back previously with Binfield<br />
and Bracknell. Technically strong and a<br />
consistently high performer. Supporters POY<br />
in 18/19 and has now featured in well over<br />
100 games pushing him into the top 15 on the<br />
all-time appearance list. Sponsor: Dave<br />
Bucktrout<br />
Danny Walden - defence<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United Allied U18 captain who is<br />
expected to feature for the senior side<br />
during 21/22. Sponsor: Cox Green Academy<br />
Jonny Denton – midfield<br />
Former <strong>Ascot</strong> Youth team star who returned<br />
in 17/18 after a scholarship in the U.S. A dead<br />
ball specialist, he has now twice won the<br />
player of the year award. 'JD' starts the 21/22<br />
season having made 176 appearances.<br />
Sponsor:<br />
Tom Scott - midfield<br />
Signed for 21/22 having had spells with<br />
Harrow Borough and Beaconsfield. A<br />
tenacious ball winner with great<br />
communication. Sponsor: Lydia Baker<br />
Calum Ferguson – midfield<br />
Signed in 19/20 having previously starred for<br />
a National League youth side. Also had a spell<br />
with Highworth Town. Sponsor:<br />
Sam Evans – midfield<br />
Played for the U16s and U18s in 19/20 before<br />
making his first team debut in the same<br />
season. Sam has been with the club since<br />
his debut for the U8s and is now an<br />
established part of the senior side with<br />
maturity belying his age. Sponsor: Dave<br />
Norris
PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED<br />
Dan Price - midfield<br />
Popular attacking midfielder who returns to<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> for 21/22 having been out for two years<br />
with a serious knee injury. Previously<br />
appeared 44 times in 18/19 when he scored<br />
10 goals. Sponsor:<br />
Sean McCormack - forward<br />
Skilful forward signed from Walton and<br />
Hersham for 21/22 having also played for<br />
Maidenhead United and Bracknell Town.<br />
Sponsor:<br />
James Harper - midfield<br />
A former professional with Premier League<br />
experience, Harper played 316 times for<br />
Reading between 2001-2010. Also featured for<br />
Sheffield United, Hull City and Doncaster<br />
Rovers before beginning his non-league<br />
journey in 2014. Signed from Windsor FC in<br />
Sept '21.<br />
Rory Merrick – forward<br />
Signed for 19/20 and continues to improve.<br />
Looking to re-establish himself after injury in<br />
an already-disjointed previous campaign.<br />
Calm and composed figure on the pitch and<br />
has great technical ability. Sponsor:<br />
Keaton August - forward<br />
Signed from Windsor FC for 21/22. Can play<br />
anywhere across the front three and has an<br />
abundance of pace. Has a keen eye for goal<br />
backed up by providing plenty of assists. A<br />
personal trainer, he works hard and is<br />
physically strong. Sponsor:<br />
Ian Davies – forward<br />
Prolific goalscorer who scored 25 goals for<br />
Binfield in 18/19 before top scoring for <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
with 23 goals in the curtailed 19/20<br />
campaign. Netted another 12 from 24 games<br />
in 20/21. Sponsor: Zipcar UK<br />
Harry Laflin – forward<br />
Laffers joined in 18/19 and has become a goalmachine<br />
despite often playing out of<br />
position. Enters the season having scored 52<br />
goals in 109 appearances with an improving<br />
goals-per-game ratio. Has previously won<br />
supporters’ player of the season award.<br />
Sponsor:<br />
Taylor Morgan - forward<br />
Pacey forward who impressed whilst playing<br />
against us for Fleet Town during pre-season<br />
20/21. Has played at a higher level including<br />
several seasons in the US Major League.<br />
Previous clubs include Toronto, Ostersunds<br />
(Sweden), Falkirk, Airdrie and Whitehawk.<br />
Sponsor:<br />
Jamie Tompkins – manager<br />
Highly respected throughout the club who<br />
guided the team to league cup glory in 18/19<br />
before taking the team to top of the league<br />
before the 19/20 campaign was curtailed.<br />
Football Development manager at Brentford<br />
FC. Sponsor:<br />
Duarte Surpanu - forward<br />
Skilful winger with lighting quick feet, signed<br />
midway through in the 20/21 season and has<br />
the potential to cause problems for any<br />
defence. Sponsor: Maidenhead Town<br />
Denis Nortey - forward<br />
Striker who signed in Sept '21 and scored on<br />
his debut having previously played for<br />
Eversley & California, London Tigers,<br />
Aylesbury United and Rayners Lane.<br />
Rashid Hamid - forward<br />
Lively forward who signed from Burnham, for<br />
whom he scored 3 goals in 11 appearances in<br />
the curtailed 20/21 season.<br />
Jamie Ashdown - goalkeeping coach<br />
Needs little introduction, former professional<br />
Jamie began his career with Reading before<br />
making over 100 appearances for Portsmouth<br />
between 2004-2012. A huge asset to the club<br />
where he coaches at all levels. Sponsor:<br />
Dan Masters – asst. manager<br />
Dan is in his fourth season with <strong>Ascot</strong> Utd and<br />
is a crucial part of the coaching staff.<br />
Sponsor:
CLUB HISTORY - ASCOT UNITED<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United as we know it, was founded in 1965 by a men’s team who played their games at Sunninghill with “after<br />
match meetings” in The Wells in Cheapside village (now Mikado’s). Teams played as long ago as 1928 under the name<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United but nothing to link them directly to the current club. In 1965, the club had gained permission from the <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
Racecourse Trustees to convert the land east of coach park 10 into a football pitch. A wooden clubhouse was built and<br />
this team went on to win many prestigious trophies in the years that followed.<br />
Various youth teams represented <strong>Ascot</strong> United over the years up to 1988, and 1992 the East Berks 7-a-side Association<br />
was formed by our then Chairman Keith Wicks introducing small-sided junior games and having disbanded in 1980 the<br />
men’s team also reformed. The club continued to grow, entering into partnership with Charters School and being<br />
awarded FA Charter Standard status in 2004. The men’s senior team enjoyed early success through the East Berks<br />
League gaining continued promotions to the Senior division and winning various Cups including the Fielden Charity Cup<br />
in 1996/7. 2001 saw the 1st team join the Reading Senior League and winning the Evening Post Senior Cup at the<br />
Madejski Stadium in 2006. Promotion to the Hellenic League soon followed in 2007, followed by promotion to the<br />
Hellenic Premier Division in 2009. The club today has grown to become one of the largest Community football clubs in<br />
the UK with over 1000 registered players and over 70 teams playing every weekend embracing all ages and abilities<br />
from 5 year olds through to Vets. A new clubhouse opened in September 2010, together with an improved main pitch,<br />
floodlights and a stand.<br />
The club has enjoyed much success at all levels particularly in the Ladies and Girls Section where they are regularly<br />
winners of leagues and county Cups. Our senior Ladies won promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern Region<br />
Women’s’ Football League in 2017-18 and consolidated their position with a mid-table finish in 2018-19. Meanwhile, 2018-<br />
19 was an outstanding one for our junior Boys’ teams who won an array of county cups at various age groups, a feat<br />
we’ve rarely previously achieved.<br />
The past decade has been hugely successful for our first team; our debut in the FA Cup in 2011 attracted 1,149 people to<br />
the Racecourse on a Friday evening where the famous trophy itself was on display and the match was streamed live on<br />
Facebook. Between 2012-13 and 2015-16 we reached the Quarter Final of the FA Vase twice, enjoyed two top-three<br />
finishes in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, and won both the Bluefin Sport Challenge Cup and Perpetua<br />
Press Floodlit Cup. More recently, our players’ development took the spotlight, as a host of Yellamen have enjoyed<br />
success with other local sides and many of our talented development players stepped up into the first team. After<br />
finishing 2017-18 in style, in 2018-19 new manager Jamie Tompkins led his side to the top of the table for long spells,<br />
winning two team-of-the-month awards, and finishing with league cup glory once again by defeating Windsor 3-1.<br />
We were transferred into the Combined Counties League for the 2019-20 season, playing on our new 3G pitch facility,<br />
which transformed the club by facilitating more of our teams’ matches and training at The Racecourse. The stronger<br />
platform facilitated further player development, and Jamie’s young side would lead the table for long periods before<br />
establishing what looked like a title-winning margin at the top shortly before the league was aborted due to<br />
Coronavirus. Retaining much of the same squad for 2020-21, Jamie saw his side in and around the challengers before<br />
another pandemic-curtailed season, although they battled through to the league cup final where they were ultimately<br />
beaten on penalties by Redhill.<br />
As <strong>Ascot</strong> enjoy a third season in the Combined Counties League, everyone hopes for a safe and consistent campaign,<br />
and if silverware comes with it then that will surely be a bonus in current times!
CLUB HISTORY - SOUTHALL<br />
The Early Days<br />
<strong>Southall</strong> Football Club was founded in 1871, the first recorded game being a 1-0 defeat against<br />
local neighbours Uxbridge played at <strong>Southall</strong> Park on October 21st 1871.<br />
The F.A Cup was first entered in the third year of the competition in the 1873-74 season. It was not<br />
a debut to treasure as <strong>Southall</strong> were drawn away to the mighty Wanderers who had won the<br />
competition in the first two years. The reason is not known but <strong>Southall</strong> scratched from the<br />
competition. The first victory in the F.A. Cup came the following season when they beat Leyton 5-<br />
0 after a 0-0 draw at <strong>Southall</strong> Park. The next 20 years were spent playing friendly matches<br />
against teams in London and the Home Counties together with one season in the West London continued on next<br />
League in 1892-1893. The first piece of silverware was won in 1887 when <strong>Southall</strong> won the West 2 pages<br />
Middlesex Cup overcoming Uxbridge Crescents 1-0 in the final.<br />
Life in the Southern League<br />
<strong>Southall</strong> were accepted into the Southern League for the 1896-97 season and remained there for nine seasons. The club<br />
achieved little success but at this time competed on equal terms with the likes of Watford, Fulham, Brighton and Thames<br />
Ironworks, now known as West Ham, as well as local rivals Brentford, who they defeated in the West Middlesex Cup Final of<br />
1896.<br />
In 1904 the club turned professional for what transpired to be their final Southern League season (1904-05) and this venture<br />
cost the club dear. Faced with mounting debts <strong>Southall</strong> withdrew from all competition for the following season. The club was<br />
re-organised on an amateur basis then merged with <strong>Southall</strong> Athletic and moved into a new ground at Western Road.<br />
The Great Western Suburban League was entered in September 1907 and the Club remained there until the outbreak of the<br />
First World War. During this period the league title was won in the 1912-13 season and both the Middlesex Senior and Charity<br />
Cups were won for the first time. Indeed, <strong>Southall</strong> became cup specialists during this period including winning all 3 of their<br />
‘local’ Cups, namely the Middlesex Senior, Middlesex Charity & West Middlesex Cups back to back in the 1911 & 1912 seasons.<br />
The Athenian Years and Cup Exploits<br />
Whilst most clubs suspended playing during the Great War <strong>Southall</strong> continued to play friendly matches, mainly against<br />
services sides and local firms teams. When hostilities ceased the club spent a season in the United Senior League. <strong>Southall</strong><br />
were then elected into the Athenian League in September 1919 and the next twenty years was the most successful period in<br />
the history of the Club. The Athenian League championship was won in the 1926-27 season, the Middlesex Senior Cup was<br />
won five times and the Middlesex Charity Cup four times. On a national level <strong>Southall</strong> reached the final of the Amateur Cup in<br />
the 1924-25 season only to be defeated 2-1 by Clapton in front of 25230 spectators at the ground of Millwall FC. Two seasons<br />
later <strong>Southall</strong> reached the semi final of the same competition but were beaten in a replay by Leyton. The first round proper of<br />
the F.A. Cup was reached three times with no success.<br />
The 1935-36 season was an extraordinary one in the history of the Club. Progress in cup matches was so extensive that by<br />
the end of February <strong>Southall</strong> had played 22 consecutive cup-ties. <strong>Southall</strong> became the first amateur side to battle all the<br />
away from the extra preliminary round of the F.A. Cup and reach the third round proper. It was a superb run that saw them<br />
defeat Division Three South side Swindon Town 3-1 in the first round and then trounce fellow non leaguers Newport (IOW) by<br />
8-0 to earn a third round game against Watford. This time in front of a record home crowd of 19094 <strong>Southall</strong> were defeated 4-<br />
1. <strong>Southall</strong> actually won nothing that season and as a result of their cup exploits they played 23 matches in 32 days to<br />
complete the Athenian League commitments including two matches on the same day on two occasions.<br />
It was not until the 1952-53 season that <strong>Southall</strong> again hit the headlines. The team battled past Saltash, Bishop Auckland,<br />
Wealdstone and Romford to reach the semi final of the Amateur Cup. Here <strong>Southall</strong> met the renown Universities side<br />
Pegasus. The game took place at Highbury and the game ended in a hard fought 1-1 draw in front of 29982 spectators.<br />
<strong>Southall</strong> lost the replay 2-1 the following week at Craven Cottage.
CLUB HISTORY - SOUTHALL<br />
A Club in Decline<br />
<strong>Southall</strong> suffered a major body blow in 1992 when they were forced to vacate their Western Road ground and since<br />
that time <strong>Southall</strong> FC has ground shared at a multitude of venues, sometimes many miles from the town.<br />
At the end of the 1999-2000 season the Club was relegated to the Combined Counties League and spent five full<br />
seasons in that competition with a fourth placed finish being the highest achieved. Financial problems resulted<br />
eventually in expulsion from that league and a new life began in the Middlesex County Football League for the<br />
season 2006-2007. The first season in that competition the Club finished in a mid-table position in the premier<br />
division but problems off the field resulted in the Club being demoted yet again to Division One (Central & East).<br />
At this time the club was really struggling financially and regular discussions were held as to the merits of keeping<br />
the club going. However, Player Manager Ryan DeCosta was determined that the club should not die and somehow<br />
managed to put a competitive team out with very little in the way of funds available.<br />
New owners appeared on the scene for the 2010-11 season with club now ground sharing at Northolt Rugby Club. For<br />
the 2011-12 season ‘home’ was now Hanwell Town FC and the club was dealt a further major blow with the<br />
unexpected passing of Club Secretary Geoff Harrison, a true club stalwart and without whom the club would surely<br />
have ceased to exist. Despite this setback a 3rd place finish finally meant stepping up to the Spartan South Midland<br />
League Division 1.<br />
Oddly, with the club now effectively a ‘park’ team’ for the first time over 100 years, the next season heralded a return<br />
to <strong>Southall</strong> as the club rented a pitch at Dormers Wells Leisure Centre from Ealing Council. The Runners Up spot was<br />
achieved, heralding promotion back to the Premier Division and another move, this time to Thames Valley<br />
University’s ground in North Ealing.<br />
At this time the club was really struggling financially and regular discussions were held as to the merits of keeping<br />
the club going. However, Player Manager Ryan DeCosta was determined that the club should not die and somehow<br />
managed to put a competitive team out with very little in the way of funds available.<br />
New owners appeared on the scene for the 2010-11 season with club now ground sharing at Northolt<br />
Rugby Club. For the 2011-12 season ‘home’ was now Hanwell Town FC and the club was dealt a further major blow<br />
with the unexpected passing of Club Secretary Geoff Harrison, a true club stalwart and without whom the club<br />
would surely have ceased to exist. Despite this setback a 3rd place finish finally meant<br />
stepping up to the Spartan South Midland League Division 1.<br />
A Change of Fortune<br />
Regular managerial changes meant that <strong>Southall</strong>, while now showing occasional signs of promise,<br />
stuttered somewhat until the appointment of Paul Palmer midway through the 2015-16 season. The following<br />
season saw <strong>Southall</strong> achieve national recognition for the first time in many a year with a remarkable run to the FA<br />
Vase quarter finals, including being drawn away from home to higher level opponents for 5<br />
consecutive rounds and putting 18 goals past them in the process, before losing out to eventual runners up<br />
Cleethorpes Town.<br />
2017-18 started in typically chaotic fashion with the proposed ground share with Hayes and Yeading<br />
United falling through after the season had actually started! Having been initially helped out by North Greenford<br />
United and Hillingdon Borough, <strong>Southall</strong> finally landed up at Burnham FC for “home” games. Despite this nomadic<br />
existence the players defied the odds and produced a remarkable season’s football by going unbeaten in the<br />
league until 21st March. Despite the attentions of Baldock Town, <strong>Southall</strong> finally finished Division1 Champions – the<br />
club’s first Championship since the 1926-27 season! continued...
CLUB HISTORY - SOUTHALL<br />
A Phoenix Rising?<br />
Now promoted back to the Combined Counties Premier Division and hosted by Ashford Town, <strong>Southall</strong> had further reorganising<br />
to do before the start of the season as Paul Palmer left for North Greenford United, taking a fair chunk of the first team squad<br />
along with him. The club then appointed ex-player and latterly club coach Max Howell as manager, with Warren Goodhind as his<br />
assistant. With such a major upheaval at such a critical time many wondered whether the newly assembled squad would be<br />
competitive at the higher level. All such concerns were soon allayed as Max and Warren proved to be more than up to the task,<br />
achieving a more than creditable 4th place finish with an entertaining brand of attacking football. <strong>Southall</strong> were again in the<br />
promotion mix for most of the 2019-20 season and were in 5th place with games in hand when the season was abruptly ended<br />
due to the Corona virus outbreak. With a settled management team, things are looking positive heading into the 2020-21 season<br />
and onwards towards to the club’s 150th anniversary in 2021-22. It looks like <strong>Southall</strong> Football Club may finally be out of the<br />
doldrums and may soon back competing at the higher end of the non-league football pyramid.<br />
League Champions<br />
London League Division 1 1904-1905<br />
West Middlesex League 1905-1906 & 1906-1907<br />
Great Western Suburban League 1912-1913<br />
Athenian League 1926-1927<br />
Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 2017-18<br />
FA Competitions<br />
FA Cup 3rd Round Proper 1935-1936<br />
FA Cup 1st Round Proper 1925-1926, 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1936-1937 & 1955-1956<br />
FA Amateur Cup Runners Up 1924-1925<br />
FA Amateur Cup Semi-Finals 1926-1927 & 1952-1953<br />
FA Amateur Cup Quarter-Finals 1935-1936, 1945-46 & 1959-1960<br />
FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round 1975-1976 & 1978-1979<br />
FA Vase Runners Up 1985-86, Quarter Finals 2016-2017<br />
County Cup Competitions<br />
Middlesex Senior Cup Winners 12 Times: 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1937, 1945, 1954 & 1955<br />
Runners Up 4 Times: 1896, 1920, 1929, 1986<br />
Middlesex Senior Charity Cup Winners 10 Times: 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923*, 1924*, 1928, 1937, 1952, 1969 & 1984<br />
Runners Up 10 Times: 1920, 1932, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1971, 1975, 1999<br />
*Trophy shared with Botwell Mission FC<br />
West Middlesex Challenge Cup Winners 10 Times: 1887, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912 & 1922<br />
Runners Up 3 Times: 1893, 1902, 1913<br />
London Senior Cup Runners Up 1997-1998, Semi Final 1935-36, 1941-42 & 1984-85<br />
London Charity Cup Runners Up 1971-72<br />
Herts & Middlesex League Cup Runners Up 1941-42<br />
Club Records<br />
Highest Attendance: 19,094 v. Watford 11/01/1936 FA Cup 3rd Round<br />
Biggest League Win: 11-0 v. Carshalton Athletic 15/04/1963 Athenian League<br />
Biggest League Defeat: 0-14 v. Grays United 29/03/1901 Southern League Division 2<br />
Biggest Cup Win: 12-0 v. Cranleigh 11/10/2003 Combined Counties League Premier Cup<br />
Biggest Cup Defeat: 0-12 v. Welling United 21/11/1995 London Challenge Cup 1st Round<br />
Most Appearances: Reg Short 450+ 1950-51 to 1965-66<br />
Most Career Goals: Ken Merry 117 1956-57 to 1963-64 (War-time Frank Morrad 200+ 1938-39 to 1943-44)<br />
Most Goals in a Season: 48 - Charles ‘Wag’ Roache 1910-11, B. Alford 1922-23 (War-time: 67 Frank Morrad 1941-42)